Chapter 22 No gold is without its flaws, and no man is perfect.
His question puzzled the three of them for a moment. Tan Qingjia quickly realized what he meant and whispered, "Chen Jiang and Zhang Meng are both offensive types. They are always the ones who follow the captain and show their faces the most. If we're talking about the ones who show their faces the least, besides you, Brother Lu, it's Lin Zhi."
Because Lin Zhi is a spatial-type character with no offensive capabilities, she mostly stays in the rear, but she's not entirely useless. To avoid becoming a burden to the team, she has honed her marksmanship.
Zhang Meng instantly understood what Lu Zhi wanted to do and quickly said, "Lin Zhi won't do. It's too dangerous for her to be alone. If it's something like infiltration, Madrid is the most suitable place. His superpowers are good for tracking or escaping."
“It seems you know what I’m going to do.” Lu Zhi stretched his shoulders and said calmly, “But this is not something I can decide. You should stay as planned for now and try to find Madrid and Linzhi. I’ll go back and ask my dear Captain Sui for permission to go.”
Chen Jiang's lips twitched, and he muttered under his breath, "What do you mean, 'my dear Captain Sui'? He's clearly ours."
Lu Zhi narrowed his eyes and glanced at him, then said with a forced smile, "I'll pretend I didn't hear what you just said, since this is your first time."
After saying that, he waved his hand and left.
After he walked away, Chen Jiang said somewhat indignantly, "He's so arrogant!"
Zhang Meng patted him on the shoulder and said, "The captain already said that Law Enforcement is not a simple person, and we should avoid messing with him."
Chen Jiang scratched his head and sighed, "I didn't mean to provoke him, but don't you guys think he's a complete two-faced person? He's weak and harmless in front of the captain, but arrogant and domineering in front of us, with a scheming and treacherous demeanor."
"That's normal," Tan Qingjia said nonchalantly. "But doesn't the captain dote on him?"
Chen Jiang was speechless. That was indeed the case. The captain had met two-faced people like Lu Zhi before, and the consequences were all quite terrible. One had his hand broken by the captain, and the other now looked at the captain like a mouse seeing a cat.
Chen Jiang whispered in defense, "Maybe it's because he's the best-looking one."
Is Lu Zhi good-looking? He's not just good-looking, he has the potential to be a femme fatale who brings ruin to a country, a male beauty who brings disaster.
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"That's how it is." Lu Zhi sat on the bed casually and repeated what Chen Jiang and the others had said word for word.
Sui Cheng looked thoughtful for a while before finally asking, "Your plan is to have someone infiltrate the news agency?"
“Hmm, this is the simplest way.” Lu Zhi lay down on the bed, closed his eyes, and said casually, “Since it is an intelligence organization, what they need most is people, but their people are usually not very capable, so if they are in a dangerous place, the losses will be huge. Therefore, they need to constantly inject fresh blood. It would be best to find someone to infiltrate.”
The passenger, curious about how Lu Zhi came up with these ideas, asked like a seasoned veteran of the underworld, "How do you know they won't want someone powerful?"
“Being good at something will attract too much attention, just like you.” Lu Zhi rolled over, propped his head up with one hand, and looked at Sui Cheng with a smile. “Since we arrived here, quite a few people have been secretly observing you. Captain Sui, you must have noticed, right?”
Sui Cheng certainly noticed; he had noticed it while chatting with Shan Qiu and the others last night.
"Ha!" Lu Zhi yawned and asked, "What are you planning to do next?"
Where is Du Jianshu now?
Lu Zhi paused for a moment before realizing who this Du Jianshu was.
"Oh, him? Not far, about two or three kilometers from here. He's with quite a few people, probably plunderers too. Cough cough!" Lu Zhi coughed twice, then asked, "What kind of fish are you trying to catch with him?"
Sui Cheng said indifferently, "Any fish that can be caught won't be a small fish."
"As for the plan you mentioned, I have more suitable candidates. I don't need Linzhi or Madrid. I will take back as many people as I took from the base, and not a single one can be missing."
"You're so good to them." Lu Zhi's tone was incredibly sour.
Sui Cheng rolled his eyes at him and said, "From today onwards, I won't deliberately hide my identity anymore. Let them guess what they want, but they can only think that I came alone..."
“It wasn’t just us alone. Yesterday, many people saw us go into the same room,” Lu Zhi quickly added.
Accompanying passenger: "..."
He rubbed his temples, somewhat speechless, and then continued, "You're a stranger, so they won't think much of it. Right now, we still need you to contact Chen Jiang and the others. It's not appropriate for me to meet with them."
"Okay, I'll reluctantly help you out." Lu Zhi got off the bed barefoot, swayed and walked behind Sui Cheng, put his hands on his shoulders, rested his chin on the top of his head, and said in a low voice, "Cheng Cheng, what do you take me for? You don't give me any status, but you still order me around so easily."
"Change how you address me first, and I'll reluctantly tell you." The attendant pushed his head away.
"Alright, baby~" Lu Zhi reluctantly changed his tune, his voice still carrying a swaying lilt.
Silently, what's the difference between this and the previous greasy nickname?
Lu Zhi didn't really care what the answer was, and naturally changed the subject, asking, "Are you familiar with the organizations in the three bases?"
Sui Cheng said, "It hasn't been long since the apocalypse began, and I've dealt with quite a few people."
"The apocalypse started about a year ago, right?" Lu Zhi leaned back on the sofa, flipped over, and sat down next to his companion, saying quietly, "Of the three bases, which one is the strongest?"
Sui Cheng frowned and said, "The China Base is recognized as the strongest."
The lawyer then asked, "What about the organization?"
Sui Cheng thought for a moment and said, "If it's an organization of superhumans, there's no such thing as the strongest."
Lu Zhi laughed and said, "Since the Huaxia base is the strongest, shouldn't its superpower organization also be the strongest?"
"What exactly are you trying to say?" The attendant, no longer wanting to hear him speak in riddles, asked directly.
Lu Zhi put his arm around his shoulder and leaned closer to whisper, "Capturing live mutants and selling them for crystal cores—how could such a large base not know about this? Captain Sui, have you ever suspected anything about what's going on inside the base?"
"Yes," the passenger replied readily.
Lu Zhi paused for a moment, then laughed a few times and asked, "When did you start to have doubts?"
The passenger replied, "Yesterday."
Lu Zhi chuckled and said, "I should have thought of that earlier. When the female captain said yesterday that the captain of the Sun Squad had also come, you guessed that someone inside the base had tipped you off."
Sui Cheng lowered his eyes and said softly, "I'm not stupid."
"Besides, in such a large base, it's impossible for everyone to be good. No one is perfect."
"And what about you?" Lu Zhi held the back of his neck, turning his face towards him, his deep green eyes reflecting his own. "If one day..."
He stopped after only saying the beginning, and under the questioning gaze of his entourage, he covered his face and laughed, "Never mind, I won't ask you anymore. It's too early to talk about this now."
The passenger was even more confused.
The law master added, "If you feel comfortable there, then stay there. I'll stay with you."
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